Together with Zhu Xiaowen and Nicky Harman, we walk into Oriental Silk, a shop filled with the memories of two generations of migrants. – Guanghwa Bookshop Date and time: Sat, Sep 4, 2021, 12:00 PM CEST About this event Oriental Silk is an English and Chinese bilingual book created by artist and writer Zhu Xiaowen and translated by Nicky Harman (from Chinese to English). The book forms a part of Xiaowen’s long-term project of the same title, which also includes an award-winni

Written by Yinsey Wang XIAOWEN ZHU AND HER BOOK “ORIENTAL SILK 鄉綢” Berlin-based Xiaowen Zhu is a Chinese filmmaker, writer, lecturer and artist. It has been inspiring to watch my friend Xiaowen go on her journey of creation. I actually interviewed her many years ago, and to capture her reflections on her work again in this article, both new and old, with renewed interest and hindsight, is fascinating. Xiaowen, like her art, is never still and always finding new, unchartered t